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When the Carroll County Panthers looked at their upcoming schedule for this season, there may have been the slightest feeling of déjà vu. The team is in its second year of a two-year contract, meaning they will play the same teams in the same order as last year, with the difference being last year’s home games will be aw

Carrollton City Council unanimously passed the first reading for a 4 percent increase on the advalorem tax rate for 2010-11 at its meeting Aug. 9. The second reading will take place at its next meeting, Aug. 23. Ordinance 2010-12 set the advalorem tax rate at 29 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation on all real property and all personal t

Transfer of property formerly associated with Easter Seals Camp Kysoc from Cardinal Hills Healthcare System to the Kentucky Department of Parks is imminent, according to Carroll County Judge-Executive Harold “Shorty” Tomlinson. Thirty of the 124-acres are expected to be deeded almost immediately thereafter to the Jefferson Communi

Senior leadership guided Carroll County past Williamstown in its home opener Thursday night. The Lady Panthers (1-1) won the first and third games, 25-22 and 25-13, respectively, and lost the second game 17-25. “I certainly can’t complain,” Head Coach Kristen Arbinger said. “… I thought we passed extremel

“I’ve enjoyed my years of serving the community and I’m going to miss it.” Ronnie Barnes, Fire Chief of the Milton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department since 1995, has announced his upcoming resignation citing an inability to work effectively with Trimble County Fiscal Court. Barnes has not yet announced the ef

The Henry County 10-Year-Old All Star team, comprised of six players from Trimble County and three from Henry County, went undefeated to win the Summer Heat Baseball Tournament held in Bardstown on the weekend of July 24-25. In pool play on Saturday, the team defeated Shelby County 11-1 and went on to face Fern Creek, where the game was called for time limit. On Sunday, The team

Wednesday-Thursday, July 28-29 Mount Hermon Baptist Church on Palmyra Road continues to host vacation Bible school from 6-8 p.m. nightly. The theme is Route 254, and is for children ages 2 and older. For more information, call 255-4732. Wednesday-Friday, July 28-30 Mount Byrd Christian Church will host vacation Bible sch

While many 16-year-olds are spending the summer at the pool or working part-time jobs, one Trimble County High School student got the chance of a lifetime – to be educated by NASA. Daniel Haney traveled 1,800 miles away from his family in Bedford to Puerto Rico for NASA’s two-week

Despite some nailbiting on the part of Principal Stirling “Buddy” Sampson Jr., improvements at Trimble County High School should be completed by the start of school Aug. 12. Arrow Electric of Louisville completed installation of a new, state-of-the-art lighting system in the gymnasium, which also received